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Georges Seurat

1859–1891 · 19th century · France · Post-Impressionism

A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte — Georges Seurat
A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte

How to recognize Georges Seurat

Seurat paints in tiny dots of pure colour — Pointillism — that fuse only at a distance. Look for very stiff, formal, frozen poses and a calm, scientific, emotionally cool order.

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